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The Bachelor of Science in Professional and Technical communication is a multidisciplinary major. It combines courses in rhetoric, writing, communications and digital arts and design. The program will provide graduates with the skills necessary to prepare and disseminate scientific and technical information to a variety of audiences, in a variety of workplace settings, using a range of computer-mediated modes and channels. The need for graduates skilled in preparing technical documents is increasing both regionally and nationally. Industry has changed the way documents are created and disseminated and has an increasing demand for employees who have this combination of skills and who are also practiced in dissemination of documents via emerging communication technologies.
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| Serving Size 1 Semester (16cr) Semesters Per Degree 8 (128cr)* |
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| Bachelor of Science in Professional and Technical Communication |
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| Degree Requirements | 128 cr |
| Credits | |
| Major Core | 52 |
| ARTD 285 2-D Design I | 3 |
| CSC 207 Advanced Applications: Spreadsheet |
1 |
| ENGL 208 Documentation and Presentation |
3 |
| ENGL 305 Professional, Technical, and Grant Writing |
3 |
| ENGL 309 Computer Supported Collaborative Writing |
3 |
| ENGL 310 Applied Grammar |
3 |
| ENGL 379 Technical Communication |
3 |
| ENGL 457 Visual Rhetoric |
3 |
| ENGL 466 Text Markup and Processing |
3 |
| ENGL 480 Contemporary Rhetoric |
3 |
| ENGL 494 Internship | 1 |
| ENGL 498 Undergraduate Research/Scholarship |
3 |
| MCOM 161 Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing |
3 |
| MCOM 318 Intercultural Communication |
3 |
| MCOM 351 Web Publishing I | 3 |
| MCOM 358 Principles of Usability Testing |
3 |
| MCOM 368 Editing for Structured Environments |
3 |
| MCOM 389 Portfolio and Professional Development | 2 |
| SPCM 140 Organizational Communication |
3 |
| Choose one course from the following: |
3 |
| ARTD 336 Digital Photography I |
3 |
| ARTD 436 Digital Photography II |
3 |
| DAD 215 Team Building/Creative Problem Solving |
3 |
| DAD 330 Digital Storytelling |
3 |
| DAD 375 Storyboarding |
3 |
| DAD 430 Digital Video Production |
3 |
| ENGL 333 Period Study OR ENGL 343 Selected Authors OR ENGL 363 Literary Genres |
3 |
| ENGL 408 Advanced Computer Documentation |
3 |
| ENGL 467 English Informatics |
3 |
| MCOM 348 Writing for Networked Environments |
3 |
| MCOM 352 Web Publishing II | 3 |
| MCOM 353 Web-based Interactivity | 3 |
| SPCM 215 Public Speaking | 3 |
| SPCM 225 Symbolic and Strategic Communications | 3 |
| Electives | 24 |
| System-wide General Education Requirements* | 30 |
| Institutional Graduation Requirements** | 11 |
| *Majors must take ART 121, ENGL 210, SOC 285, and SPCM 101 as part of the System-wide General Education Requirements. **Majors must take CIS 130 as part of the Institutional Graduation Requirements. |
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| * The serving size is based on a four year degree plan, so your course load may vary depending on your specific educational goals. The values here are current as of the 2009-10 DSU course catalog. | |
